The poker gods are really testing this newfound patience

Bankroll: $402.44

Well, this is my last chance to play solid hours of poker before school starts tomorrow, so I'm multi-tabling 4$ 180's. Off to a tough start.


Here's a nice limp-RR.

PokerStars Game #11970098232: Tournament #60741890, $4.00+$0.40 Holdem No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/09/09 - 21:50:24 (ET)
Table 60741890 18 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: DRSORDERS420 (1690 in chips)
Seat 2: codyc54321 (1370 in chips)
Seat 3: B.Drizzop (3485 in chips)
Seat 4: Su_dinero (565 in chips)
Seat 5: Sabo17tage (7962 in chips)
Seat 6: jimt2112 (1710 in chips)
Seat 7: HoustonDude (4080 in chips)
Seat 8: crushmastac (2180 in chips)
Seat 9: l3rodie222 (1245 in chips) is sitting out
DRSORDERS420: posts small blind 15
codyc54321: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Kh Kd]
B.Drizzop: calls 30
Su_dinero has timed out
Su_dinero: folds
Su_dinero is sitting out
Sabo17tage: calls 30
Su_dinero has returned
jimt2112: folds
l3rodie222 has returned
HoustonDude: calls 30
crushmastac: raises 150 to 180
l3rodie222: calls 180
DRSORDERS420: folds
codyc54321: raises 1190 to 1370 and is all-in
B.Drizzop: folds
Sabo17tage: folds
HoustonDude: folds
crushmastac: raises 810 to 2180 and is all-in
l3rodie222: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc 5d 4s]
*** TURN *** [Jc 5d 4s] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 5d 4s 3d] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
codyc54321: shows [2h Qc] (a straight, Ace to Five)
crushmastac: shows [Kh Kd] (a pair of Kings)
codyc54321 collected 3025 from pot


That's the worst of it. I also ran TT into JJ on a 6 high board.

AK hasn't hit once. Neither has AQ. KK has seen Aces flop twice and both times the opponent showed an Ace. AK lost to A2 in a raised pot when the flop brought a deuce.

I'm still playing my game. My blood pressure only went up a little when the runner-runner straight took out my K's.

Oh well.

The best advice I can take right now is: Run better. Seriously.


CONTINUED: Oh yeah, it keeps on going. When I wrote the first part of this, I had two tournies left. Well I started getting some things going my way, and these two waited until the final 25 players before they ganked me...

Guy thinks I'm bluffing and KK fucks me again.

PokerStars Game #11972342837: Tournament #60744381, $4.00+$0.40 Holdem No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/09/10 - 00:08:46 (ET)
Table 60744381 20 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: mariachiinc (12179 in chips)
Seat 2: Poeta (4370 in chips)
Seat 4: crushmastac (10941 in chips)
Seat 5: gut88 (18349 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: DFDPhantom (25711 in chips)
Seat 7: sexincity (13820 in chips)
Seat 8: vznyisleszv (3441 in chips)
Seat 9: mikey80i (7375 in chips)
mariachiinc: posts the ante 50
Poeta: posts the ante 50
crushmastac: posts the ante 50
gut88: posts the ante 50
DFDPhantom: posts the ante 50
sexincity: posts the ante 50
vznyisleszv: posts the ante 50
mikey80i: posts the ante 50
Poeta: posts small blind 300
crushmastac: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Kh Ks]
gut88: folds
DFDPhantom: folds
sexincity: folds
vznyisleszv: folds
mikey80i: folds
mariachiinc: folds
Poeta: calls 300
crushmastac: raises 1200 to 1800
Poeta: raises 2520 to 4320 and is all-in
crushmastac: calls 2520
*** FLOP *** [6h Th 2d]
Poeta said, "gg lol"
*** TURN *** [6h Th 2d] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [6h Th 2d 9h] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Poeta: shows [7c Qc] (a straight, Six to Ten)
crushmastac: shows [Kh Ks] (a pair of Kings)
Poeta collected 9040 from pot
Poeta said, "NICE"
Poeta said, "lol"


And then ONLY I could miss 28 ... yes, twenty-fucking-eight outs when I pushed a few hands later.


PokerStars Game #11972410380: Tournament #60744381, $4.00+$0.40 Holdem No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/09/10 - 00:13:53 (ET)
Table 60744381 20 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: mariachiinc (11479 in chips)
Seat 2: Poeta (9040 in chips)
Seat 4: crushmastac (6621 in chips)
Seat 5: gut88 (19599 in chips)
Seat 6: DFDPhantom (30452 in chips)
Seat 7: sexincity (11320 in chips)
Seat 9: mikey80i (7675 in chips)
mariachiinc: posts the ante 50
Poeta: posts the ante 50
crushmastac: posts the ante 50
gut88: posts the ante 50
DFDPhantom: posts the ante 50
sexincity: posts the ante 50
mikey80i: posts the ante 50
crushmastac: posts small blind 300
gut88: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Qh Ah]
DFDPhantom: raises 600 to 1200
sexincity: folds
mikey80i: folds
mariachiinc: folds
Poeta: folds
crushmastac: raises 5371 to 6571 and is all-in
gut88: folds
DFDPhantom: calls 5371
*** FLOP *** [8h Kh Ts]
*** TURN *** [8h Kh Ts] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [8h Kh Ts 5s] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [Qh Ah] (a pair of Kings)
DFDPhantom: shows [7s 7h] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
DFDPhantom collected 14092 from pot


I just doubled up twice on the other one so I might still have hope to make ONE cash.


Final Update:

LoL. As usual, I finally start running good and then play like shit. Tried running a huge bluff and it failed, giving the next guy close to the same in chips (he had me barely covered) .. next hand I have Ad9d in the SB. Same guy raises and I call. Flop comes KQT with two diamonds. I make a weak lead wanting him to jam on me, he does, and to my dismay shows me AJ for the made straight. Turn and river both brick and I'm done in 6th ... from dominating chip leader to out in 2 hands. Only me. Totally my fault though. Amazing how when the poker gods finally decide to serve me one up on a platter I turn it down. *grin*

At least I made all the money I lost today back.